PostBurnout

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by PostBurnout 16y ago
I feel ya. It's almost like the self-help book industry preys on our vulnerability and appetite for this sort of information, though I certainly hope the authors set out with better intentions.
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
I took the quiz from that book -- boy that was depressing. It showed that I had a habit of explaining all good things as temporary, specific, and external, while bad things as permanent, pervasive, and personal. I'm well aware that this i
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
Please do be blunt! I'm more than willing to have my feelings hurt to learn something that may be helpful here. That said, I did give a very long and audible sigh when reading your post. It feels like a cop out, but perhaps one day I'll h
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
The internet is a great tool to avoid self-reflection. Ow. That hurt. (But thanks, I'll definitely use that quote in the future!)
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
Pick up a new platform... Java tends to drain, come back ready to learn something new. I've learned several -- it's just by circumstance that Java happens to pay the bills at the moment, though I can't say I was substantially happier when
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
Maybe I didn't say so explicitly, but it should be clear that I suffer from a lack of motivation and direction, and really have a lack of faith in myself.
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
In the US and Canada, milk is often fortified with Vitamin D. Not sure what it's like in the rest of the world.
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
Definitely working on that Internet addiction. HN is so much tougher to give up than other sites though! One side-benefit of the absurd working hours I put in over the years was that it took away all my time and broke my obsessive gaming h
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
Yes, but I've also considered that I might be a total wimp. Ugh.
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
Hmmm... you've just reminded me that I ought to be drinking more milk...
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
And I was in denial about that for a long time too!
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
You know... that sounds simple and cheesy, but I think it might just be what I need to regain my curiosity. Thank you!
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
I'm actually quite aware that I'm distorting things with these "bullshit excuses" but they seem so believable, much more so than their negation! It'll probably take deliberate practice to unlearn this habit.
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
if you find yourself thinking about anything, stop, and look up at the clouds till you recover I'll definitely have to try that more often! (Though there's a good chance it'll be stars rather than clouds...)
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
I appreciate your suggestion, though I think I'm in deeper trouble than that. Mindless physical work like gardening seems to free up cycles for me to ruminate, which I have to actively suppress (à la "He took a duck in the face at 250 knot
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
Do you have a wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend? Are you tied down to anything? Do you have money to travel? I'm going to assume you're a single male between the age of 25 and 35. Correct on all counts -- nothing tying me down, and my rai
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
Wow, that's an interesting link. I can't figure out how to make this slow stuff work yet, but it definitely looks appealing.
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by PostBurnout 16y ago
That's kind of scary. How would I know that I'm not setting myself up for failure by putting up an impossible goal like that?
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Ask HN: Burned out. How can I make the most of a sabbatical leave?
89 points by PostBurnout 16y ago|112 comments